Press Release
U.S. to Provide Additional Funds to Help Victims of Earthquakes on Sumatra
Jakarta |
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will provide an additional US $ 200,000 to support emergency efforts in response to the September 12 earthquakes which struck Bengkulu and West Sumatra provinces. This contribution is in addition to a recent U.S. Government contribution of US$100,000 to assist people who were evacuated due to the quakes.
The additional U.S. Government assistance will be provided to Mercy Corps, CARE and SurfAid International to support emergency care and response activities already in progress, such as the provision of emergency shelters, hygiene and clean up kits, and safe water. These activities will now be expanded to cover additional villages which were not immediately known to have suffered damage.
The U.S. is also assisting in the mobilization of emergency response units and medical personnel of the two NGOs – International Medical Corps and Ambulan 118 Emergency Ambulance Service.
For more information on USAID programs in Indonesia, please contact Leslie Rose lrose@usaid.gov or 3435-9424.
AS Memberi Tambahan Dana untuk Membantu Korban Gempa di Sumatra
Pemerintah Amerika Serikat, melalui Badan Pembangunan Internasional Pemerintah AS (USAID), akan memberikan tambahan dana senilai 200.000 dollar AS untuk mendukung upaya-upaya darurat dalam penanganan bencana gempa bumi yang mengguncang provinsi Bengkulu dan Sumatra Barat pada 12 September lalu. Sumbangan ini merupakan tambahan bantuan Pemerintah AS senilai 100.000 dollar AS yang disalurkan baru-baru ini untuk membantu mereka yang mengungsi akibat gempa.
Bantuan tambahan Pemerintah AS ini akan diberikan kepada Mercy Corps, CARE, dan SurfAid International untuk mendukung kegiatan kepedulian dan tanggap darurat yang sedang berjalan, seperti penyediaan tempat perlindungan darurat, perkakas kesehatan dan kebersihan, dan air bersih. Kegiatan ini akan diperluas mencakup desa-desa lain yang sebelumnya tidak langsung diketahui telah mengalami kerusakan.
AS juga membantu pengerahan unit tanggap darurat dan personil medis dari dua LSM – International Medical Corps dan Layanan Ambulan Darurat Ambulan 118.
Untuk informasi lebih jauh mengenai program-program USAID di Indonesia, silakan hubungi Leslie Rose di lrose@usaid.gov or 3435-9424.